Summary
Ralf Lang is an experienced IT Solution Principal Architect with 15 years of hands-on background in software development, DevOps, cloud, containers and Kubernetes, currently shaping solutions at SAP from Bavaria. A former developer-turned-DevOps practitioner, he combines deep automation and platform experience with fluent ITSM/ITOM knowledge and a track record running global multi-datacenter services for SAP cloud offerings. He has led teams operating compute platforms for SAP HANA, built CI/CD and landscape automation tooling, and still maintains a soft spot for PHP and the Horde ecosystem as a minor contributor to PHP interoperability efforts. An active FOSS speaker and former trainer in RHEL, SLES and MariaDB, he brings both technical pedagogy and community presence to enterprise architecture. Outside engineering he’s a family man who has also chaired a 800+ member green energy co-op, reflecting leadership beyond pure technology.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Informatik, Informatik at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
German, English